Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:23 PM BST
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has yet to receive official word of a full environmental probe of its $20 billion (10.5 billion pound) Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East and work is continuing, a Shell spokesman said on Tuesday.
The head of Russia’s environmental agency RosPrirodNadzor on Monday ordered a full investigation into the Shell-led project, sparking fears the Kremlin is seeking tighter control.
“To the best of my knowledge, there has been no official notification of this audit,” the Shell spokesman said. “Work is continuing as normal.”
Analysts say Russia may be piling pressure on Shell
A Kremlin source said on Monday that Russia’s main worries about Sakhalin-2 were environmental rather than political or business-led.
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